Call for Assessors: Swindon & Wiltshire Innovation 4 Growth

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), as part of it's Swindon & Wiltshire Innovation 4 Growth (SWI4G), is looking for Assessors to assess applications to its grant funding scheme.

About the scheme

SWI4G is an ERDF funded programme, providing grant funding and workshops to SMEs in Swindon & Wiltshire that want to scale and grow. As part of the grant funding workstream, businesses can apply for grants of £10,000 to £40,000 to cover 35% of total project costs. Projects must be innovation or R&D and create jobs, products and services as an outcome of the funding awarded.

The role of assessors

Assessors are required to review and score SME application forms that are submitted to the University. Each application form will be scored (given a score between 1 and 5) based on the content of the application form.

•This grant funding is an open call, with applications being reviewed as they as received rather than at a given deadline. a •We will notify you via email when an application is ready for review and has been assigned to you, and we ask that you reply within 1 working day to confirmed that you have received the application so that we know you are still available. You will also be required to let us know immediately if you have a conflict of interest with any of the companies you are assessing. •Each application takes a minimum of 2-3 hours to review, and will need to be returned within 5 days (including weekends). •You will be required to attend an hour long training session prior to the undertaking any assessments. Further details will be provided once successful Assessors have been notified. •We will provide you with a guidance document for assessing, and a template for providing your scores and comments. • All assessing will be done electronically. Documents will be shared via Microsoft's One Drive, and assessments returned as Microsoft Word documents.

Each application assessed is paid at £100. We will also pay £25 for the training session.

How to apply

• Prior experience assessing grant funding applications or similar is essential. • Knowledge of the business landscape in Swindon & Wiltshire is highly desirable.

We are looking for assessors to have strength in one particular sector, or experience of scaling up businesses. Please ensure your specialism is clearly stated in your submission email.

We are looking for assessors to have strength in one particular sector, or experience of scaling up businesses. Please ensure your specialism is clearly stated in your submission email. Please submit your CV, detailing the information above, to the Innovation 4 Growth team ([email protected]) no later than 11.59pm on 18 July 2021. Assessors will be selected to ensure we have a wide range of expertise.

The team will get in touch to let you know if you've been successful shortly afterwards. You will need to be set up as a supplier on the University systems and sign a contract prior to undertaking work.